El-Sayed El-Aswad

Muslim Worldviews and Everyday Lives

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book is critical to understanding Muslim worldviews today, providing an analysis of ethno-cosmology, emic interpretation of sacred tradition, and crucial insight into modernity, folklore, geography, dreams, imagination, hybridity, and identity transformation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 561g
• ISBN-13: 9780759121195
• ISBN-10: 0759121192
• Artikelnr.: 35210836

Autorenporträt

el-Sayed el-Aswad is professor of anthropology and chair of the Department of Sociology at the United Arab Emirates University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Notes on Transliteration and Translation List of Figures
Introduction: Worldview, Geography, and Ideology 1. Muslim Worldviews:
Unity and Diversity 2. The Worldview of the Sunni 3. The Esoteric Worldview
of the Shi'a 4. The Mystic Worldview of Sufism 5. Muslim Worldviews,
Imagination, and the Dream World 6. Multiple Worldviews and Multiple
Identities of the Muslim Diaspora 7. Conclusion Glossary of Arabic Terms
Bibliography Appendix: Muslim Code of Honor Index About the Author